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Brain Organoids

Neurobiologist Madeline Lancaster on brain development, cerebral organoids and how close they are to actually being brains

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Voluntary Action

Cognitive neuroscientist Patrick Haggard on the definition of voluntary action, what are the underlying mental processes of volition and whether we have a conscious free will

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Neurologist Kevin Talbot on the history of neurological research, genetics of ALS and the modern view on the origin and propagation of the motor neuron dysfunction

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Self-construction

Neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün on depersonalization, the rubber hand illusion and how synchronous nerve impulses create the feeling that your body is your body

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Cognition Without a Cortex

Neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün on mammalian brain, ravens’ ability to plan into future and why birds are so intelligent

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Karl Friston: “The hallmark of a good scientist is asking questions that no-one has asked before”

Neuroscientist Karl Friston on the development of the free energy principle, what remains unknown about the brain and how to become successful in academia

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Neurodegenerative Diseases

Professor of Neurology Kevin Talbot on genome editing in neurodegenerative diseases, their genetic causes and different types of Parkinsonism

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Neural Networks

Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on history of neural networks research, Lapicque equation and reinforcement learning

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Music and Stress

Psychoneuroimmunologist Daisy Fancourt on the use of music in healthcare and its role in emotion regulation

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Music-induced Emotions

Neuroscientist Diana Omigie on empathy, different approaches to emotions, and research in music psychology